If you live near Discovery Park, you’ll likely hear a helicopter and see a Cessna circling overhead on Saturday as part of a training drill. Puget Sound public safety agencies are participating in a several training exercises today. The drill at Discovery Park aims to find and rescue a person “injured” in heavy storms.
A Washington State Patrol Cessna will circle the park, using its thermal imaging camera to find the patient. Then the Seattle Fire Department?s Helicopter High Rise Rescue Team will board a King County Sheriff?s helicopter and lower a rescue hoist to pick up the patient off a hillside near the lighthouse.
The operation will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in and over Discovery Park.